Sister M. Ann Veronica Helbig, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 63 years, died on the feast of the Solemnity of Mary, Jan. 1. She was 82. Born Florence Helbig in South Ozone Park, she recognized her call to religious life as a teenager and completed her high school education at the […]
Sister Noreen Butler, O.P., 82, a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 64 years, died Dec. 11. Born in New York to Irish immigrants, she met the Dominican Sisters at St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point. She entered the con- gregation on Sept. 8, 1950. Formerly known as Sister Denis Patrick, her early ministry […]
Religious Sisters from the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens celebrated their anniversaries of religious life at a Jubilee Mass and dinner with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.
Religious Sisters from the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens celebrated their anniversaries of religious life at a Jubilee Mass and dinner with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, May 14.
Our Lady of Hope Pre-K Welcomes Pope Francis “Habemus papam!” was the expression learned by the pre-kindergarten class at Our Lady of Hope School, Middle Village, as they celebrated the election of Pope Francis by creating their own white paper miters with the words: “God Bless Pope Francis,” under the direction of their teacher, Jennifer Basandella, […]
Sister Mary Helaine McGill, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 73 years, died Jan. 23. She was 94. Born in Brooklyn as Mary Monica, her father was the architect responsible for designing and directing the building of Good Shepherd Church, Marine Park. He also created the grotto at St. Joseph’s, Monticello, N.Y., […]
Sister Therese Forker, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 69 years, died Jan. 19 at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She was 87. Born in Most Holy Redeemer parish, Freeport, L.I., she became acquainted with the Dominican Sisters at the Dominican Juniorate, Water Mill, L.I. She entered the congregation in 1943. One year later, […]
Sister Muriel Agnes Ott, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 73 years, died Jan. 15. She was 92. Born in Brooklyn as Elizabeth, she heard the call to become a Dominican Sister at a young age. She entered the congregation from the parish of St. Nicholas in Williamsburg, in 1939 and later that […]
Sister Doris Nevitt, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 61 years, died Jan. 16. She was 79. Born in Brooklyn, she became acquainted with the Dominicans at St. Barbara’s Annex, Bushwick, and Bishop McDonnell H.S., Crown Heights. She entered the congregation in 1951, and one year later, she received the habit and her […]
Sister Anne Gillen, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 74 years, died Jan. 12. She was 92. She attended St. Thomas the Apostle School, Woodhaven, and Dominican Juniorate, Water Mill, L.I. She entered the congregation on Sept. 7, 1938. One year later, she received the habit and her religious name, Sister Thomas More. […]
